I am soooo happy today! | ADHD Information
Yesyerday our boys each got a dirtbike. My 6.5 year old is athletic and ALL boy so I wasn't worried that he would have a problem shifting gears or being afraid of it. I was very worried about Wyatt. It took him a LONG time to ride his bike and he is behind his little brother with swimming etc. He wanted a snowboard for x-mas but won't try it. We have alot of boys in our neighborhood that come over to play and Wyatt does not keep up. A couple of them have dirtbikes. (I could list a few things here but I think you get my point.) So, I thought we were wasting money on the bike but hubby insised that I was wrong. I WAS! This is a dumb thing to cry about but Mason hesitated and was nervous and struggled and Wyatt just hopped on and took off! I was so proud and happy for him and I cried like an idiot. We are going to make a track around our yard and this will be somehthing Wyatt can do with the other kids! wtg Wyatt!!!!..........My little guy is afraid of alot of things too...Im really happy for you alL!Way to go.
Hi Wyatts Mom,
I know exactly how you feel. I almost started crying the other day because my 9 year old this year could finally do the slip and slid
. It just feels so good when they can just be quote un quote normal kids. I am sure other parents would be shocked at what we go through and our kids with ADHD. I think the media and the rest really down play the things these kids and their parents have to deal with on a daily basis. I wish a popular movie star would come forward to shed more light on this problem and champion the cause.
You and your son enjoy your moment!
Gail
You are right Gail. I wish people could understand. Dirtbikes and slip n slides may seem like crazy things to celebrate to other parents but they'd really think I was nuts if they saw how excited I get when he gets invited to a birthday party or just to play somewhere. I am always more thrilled than he is because it's as you say it's "normal".
I know Wyatt's mom. The first time my son had a phone call from a classmate from school, I went running through the house to find him calling his name
like he won the lottery or something. He thought I was crazy!
I guess I will have to start controlling myself as he gets older.
Gail
wyatt's Mom,
We were in a very simular situation last year.
My youngest son has taken tap classes for three years now (second year at the point of the story) and my oldest has taken ballet for two years now (one at the time).
Now every dance night Ben would work like crazy trying to remember his dances in his group and even harder to try and remember his solo. He did not pratice at home (and still does not) and I never pushed him to since each time I did he only got frustrated and would get into a nasty mood. So I worried what he woudl be like on recital night. He is very shy by nature.
So recital night rolls around and we are all back stage (DH and I do ball room) and he is as nervous as can be (as was all of us first year dancers). He was so scared to go on stage when they called him to go up he forgot his dance steps (solo).
So as I watched him dance to the song "Proud of your Boy" from Aladain, I cried. He was beatuiful up there on the stage. I could not tell you you how he looked to the audiance, since I was in the wings of the stage, but it looked great to me. When he came off the stage he was mad cause he messed up a few steps (solo no one could tell). He looked up to me and told me the song was how he felt. That he would some day make me proud of him. I hugged him and told him I was proud of him every day of his life. I had to excuse myself to the bathroom and I cried till it was my turn to go out.
It was amazing how much a simple dance on stage made me proud. I mean there were 4 year olds out on that stage.
Even now in his group ballet class he has a 6 year old, two 8 year olds and him. but I watch him every week dance and do as the instructor says to do (ok most days). Simple things for every one else are not as simple as they are or him. So to see him go through his dance routine with only one or two mistakes is like him dancing perfect for every one else. And I praise him such.
how exciting. :)
These stories are making me cry! I am so happy for all of you..
